'I hate cheaters': Man threatened to 'shoot' and blackmail woman he knew on Instagram for 1 month after she stopped responding to his messages, police say

A Florida pistillate contacted constabulary aft a antheral she met connected Instagram allegedly threatened to termination her.

Hector Manuel Cruz, 29, is presently successful custody successful Girard, Pennsylvania, aft constabulary successful Winter Haven, Florida, issued a warrant for his arrest. According to the Winter Haven Public Safety Department, the unnamed pistillate reported connected April 27 that Cruz was making harassing telephone calls to her. She explained that she had met Cruz, who lived successful Pennsylvania, connected Instagram astir a period earlier and they embarked connected a flirtatious, long-distance relationship.

Police said Cruz became aggressive and jealous, and helium accused the pistillate of talking to different men erstwhile she did not respond accelerated enough.

According to police, the pistillate said her online narration with Cruz extended to substance messages, and they exchanged nude photos. She characterized their narration arsenic "romantic," and they would sermon regular activities and work. But Cruz's behaviour shifted, and constabulary said helium "would spell into jealous rages." Cruz allegedly told the woman, "I hatred cheaters and if you cheat connected me, I'll sprout you."

Cruz knew wherever the pistillate worked, and constabulary said helium sent the nude photos helium received from her to her supervisor. Police said helium besides sent harassing messages to the supervisor and threatened to harm her and her husband. The pistillate told constabulary that she ended their narration aft a month, but Cruz allegedly continued to harass and endanger to termination her utilizing antithetic telephone numbers and societal media accounts. Then helium told the pistillate helium was readying connected coming to Florida.

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Police said they connected Cruz to addresses successful Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Officers from the Girard Borough Police Department tracked him down successful their municipality and took him into custody. The Winter Haven Public Safety Department said helium would beryllium extradited to Florida successful the coming days.

Cruz was charged with written threats to kill, misuse of a 2-way connection device, intersexual cyber harassment, and harassing telephone calls. His adjacent tribunal day was not available.